Many industries when volumes of the solid materials are largeinvariably relay upon the gravity to induce solids to flow out of storage,through channels and reactors. In mining industry ore pass’srequirements to less energy (only gravity) have made them verypopular both in underground and open pit mines. This paperdiscusses the major findings of research on 2D Discrete ElementMethod simulation of gravity flow of ore in ore passes. Results showthat ore characteristics, ore pass configuration can significantly affectloads (static, dynamic) on the gate assembly and creation of hangups.
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